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New system to track student's progress from nursery to university

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i Photo:Courtesy

New measures to block cheats with fake certificates, curb the theft of public funds through ghost teachers, and inflated student enrolment figures will be implemented next month.

From September 28, all students in public institutions from nursery school to university will be assigned a six- character Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) linked to an electronic database with all the education records of the individual.

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